Over two years of Geeky Antics and 100 episodes of HorsePLAY! LIVE. We could not have done it without you, our fellow geeks! All the love, encouragement, donations, shout-outs, recommendations, referrals.. EVERYTHING helps us help others in their pursuits of passion, creativity, and geekdom. Thank you!

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100 episodes is a big milestone for any podcast so we HAVE to celebrate this feat with HorsePLAY! LIVE. In this article, you’ll find some of our old videos (be sure to scroll all the way and click the “Read More” link), graphics you can use on your web site, and things we have coming up for Geeky Antics Network Global! As part of our celebration, we’ll be bringing back the segment “Obi On The Podi” and bringing in everyone possible for a community call / crazy train wreck. We hope you can join us for the live broadcast on Twitch!

HorsePLAY! LIVE started as yet another gaming podcast, with heavy focus on MOBAs (particularly League Of Legends), console wars, and strategy games. Since those humble origins, we’ve become the voice of the Geeky Antics Network and our awesome community, affectionately called “The GANG”. These days, we categorize our show as a comedy but, really, it’s all about having fun and discussing all things geek. Geek culture.. That really needs to be a category on iTunes. We hope you can join us this week, whether it’s your first time or not!

Can’t join LIVE? E-mail mail@geekyantics.net or leave us VM at 206-415-4987. Tweet @GeekyAntics, @ObioneX2 and @Yogizilla. We’ll be celebrating HorsePLAY! LIVE and Geeky Antics Network milestones alike throughout the rest of the year… Especially since, technically, episode 103ish would be our official two-year milestone. w00t!

COMING SOON To Geeky Antics Network Global

We’re building the GeekyAntics Network to go beyond typical podcast networks and media outlets. Our goal is to set up automated and manual systems to help everyone grow their brand, maximize social media, and establish consistent, sustainable results. We want to go beyond the “set it and forget it” mentality that a majority of online marketers have. By working together and engaging in authentic, meaningful interactions, we are not only growing our individual brands but also forging relationships and inspiration to last a lifetime. Remember: you are not alone.

There are lots of features and talents we’re working with to give content creators options and build G.A.N.G. (Geeky Antics Network Global) to be a one-stop shop for anyone looking to get into the gaming industry, writing, streaming, and/or podcasting. Many of us have been in the field for many years and now we’re working together to lighten our individual workloads and stay motivated. Here are some of the things in the pipelines:

We have two bonus #TWTT videos for you this week, which should offset any potential interruption coming up in the near future (details on that forthcoming). Matt Bradford of Zombie Cast, Video Game Outsiders, GamesRadar, and Guiness World Records joins us as we GO DEEPER®! These shows feature what you, our beautiful community, have requested; namely, LIVE flash fiction readings!

In addition to the three pieces I read on-air, I added another piece I just whipped up. Hope you enjoy them! XTX001 Part 2 is where you can go to listen to the live readings and our concepts thereof.

If you want to be part of my #FlashFiction Potluck, e-mail your piece to yomar(arroba)geekyantics(punto)net – looking forward to inspiring each other!

…Proper attribution/credit will be provided, of course! This is just a fun way to share quick, raw fictional works with each other. In future installments, I’d like to share writing prompts and challenge everyone (myself included) with monthly themes. For example, we can do word count limits, use word banks, or set up specific topics and formats. Let me know what you think, lovely geeks!

Timey-Wimey Tea Time PART 1

What is the purpose of podcasting?

What keeps us motivated with podcasting and social media?

Is the Video Game Outsiders approach a good model to follow?

Do we have a responsibility to our fans or community as creatives?

Can you do something you love AND be productive with it?

Doctor Who Series 8 mid-season review.

Writers need to know when to “leave a moment alone”.

Series 8 may suffer from too many hands in the pot…

…or is it lack of creative direction?

The importance of managing expectations in ALL ventures.

Narrative Structure VS. Podcast Structure

Timey-Wimey Tea Time PART 2

Is Danny Pink manly or whimpy?

A man’s struggle of ego vs. righteousness vs. love/compassion.

Does the Doctor love Clara

Stan’s encounter with infidelity, deceipt, and mind games.

Is it insecurity or strength?

Flash fiction readings.. These are truly raw works!

Inspirations and creative processes driving our fictional works.

A future of lazy couch potatoes.

Foreshadowing of augmented and virtual reality gone wrong.

Control is an illusion.

Everyone has a boss. Complete freedom is also an illusion.

…and now for some flash ficiton!

Mrs. Busy Work

“Honey, I am awfully busy today.. Can this wait?”

Wilfredo was very perplexed. Why did all this have to be done now? He had deadlines up the wazoo. As it was, he would be lucky to get any sleep in the coming weeks. In spite his pleas, his wife, Suki, insisted.

“No this NEEDS to be done NOW.”

Today was the day Suki decided that everyone would take on the urgent tasks of relacing all shoes, shuffling furniture about, cleaning the fridge, vacuuming every nook and cranny, and mastering the absolutely mudane. As usual, these “plans” were executed on a whim. There was no distinction between want and need. Every task was treated as if thousands of lives depended on them.

The kids played it smart. After bathing the dogs and mowing the lawn, they magically disappeared. Wilfredo continued to break his back as Suki barked unrelenting orders.

“No no no… That’s not how you load the dishwasher. Do it this way.”

“Sweetheart, I read the manual and this model has the sprinkler arms in the middle. Every dish should face the center.”

“WELL, I don’t care what the manual says.. I want it done MY way.”

Wilfredo thought to himself, “This is gonna be a looooong day…”

Virtual Reality Television

The new P0-T8-T0 XXL DX Limited Edition VRI suit supports both augmented reality and full-dive virtual reality. We are proud to announce that you can now use SFS 3.0 to not only synchronize your visual substitutions but also all sensory feedback. This allows participating parties to experience your augmented reality as you intended it.

For our users who prefer the longer full-dive immersions, we now support all popular septic and waste recycling systems. You have the option of using a G-Lock quick-connect adapter or the native V-Clamp. Now you’ll never have to return to messy clean-up jobs! For those on-the-go, liquid waste recyclables can be converted into ten fantastic flavors including root beer, grape, and piña colada.

Last but certainly not least, we are proud to announce the brand-spanking-new Jer-Z-HOAR system. This new scripting platform will allow you to live out your favorite reality TV stories! Full-dive servers are online and fully functional. AR support coming in six months!

It’s only been about three weeks since we did our pilot episode for Timey-Wimey Tea Time and it feels like so much longer.. The community is bustling, the love is blooming, and there is adventure around every corner. We are humbled, excited, and eager to keep this going. We hope you continue to join us for tea or your beverage of choice!

Everyone wants to have tea with Amy / Karen.

This project is an evolving thing. It’s organic because the community is every big a part of the experience and we go well beyond the video and audio podcasts. The new friendships and opportunities we are forging together warm our hearts. As a work in progress, we will continue to improve, experiment, and innovate…

…And it all happens with your help!

Please take a moment to complete the poll at the end of this poll so we can figure a few things out. We want to serve the Whovian community and our fellow creatives better!

If you haven’t checked out our extended podcast cuts on YouTube, here is the playlist. We include pre and post-shows here and there just because we are just so excited to share our hearts and souls with you.. Better yet, there’s tons of content already to tide you over and make up for our brief holiday, as some of you so cleverly hinted at!

In this episode, HorsePLAY! LIVE becomes The Derailment Extravaganza (or is it Bonanza) once again. Matt Bradford from Zombie Cast and VGO (Video Game Outsiders) returns to HorsePLAY! to help us stay raw, silly, and off-topic. Some may know him as @MattoMcFly or “Moto”. He’s also known as one of the writers for the Guinness World Records: Gamer’s Edition, AllGames, and GamesRadar, amongst other things. We know him as one of our favorite Canadian geeks!

Matt confessed that any time after 11pm Eastern on a week day, he is essentially brain dead. As a result, we get the sillier, more random Matt’O. Somehow, he manages to give spoilers for our own show. There are the usual wild tangents and shenanigans, but we mainly talk about Hearthstone, The Walking Dead, and freemium games.

We don’t do nearly as much League of Legends talk these days. Matt groans at the mere thought. It turns out that he may actually enjoy the game but the toxic community as seen on Reddit and other social media scares him away. There are plenty of mainstay games we would like to play with our friends and fans – LoL is certainly one of them so give it a try… Stan Faryna did! #YOHTAI

Show Highlights:

Golf is just something for bored richies to show off how much money and land they have.

WWF does not make us think about endangered animals.

“There’s a lot of cool cats on the AllGames network.”

HorsePLAY! LIVE is the perfect show to be brain-dead on!

Matt Bradford plays the hand harmonica.

Yogi is a very loud Puerto Rican, NOT a Mexican.

Sword Art Online is like dot.hack and Photon.. And it’s coming back for Season 2!

Apparently, everyone is too young to remember Photon.

We all love The Guild.. And Felicia Day.. Wil Wheaton, too.

Chris Hardwick is a narcissistic douchebag.

“WTF is in the basement??”

Twitter is getting rid of #hashtags.. Brilliantly stupid.

Third-party Twitter apps are WAY better than the official one.

Twitter is going to kill their existing user base.

“90% of the population mis-uses hashtags.”

Hearthstone iOS app is available only in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.. Sorta.

You can now rejoin Hearthstone matches if disconnected.

Fashionably late The Walking Dead S4 finale reactions.

When is free-to-play really pay-to-win?

Hearthstone is NOT a pay-to-win game.. We explain why.

Did we mention we are now part of the AllGames family now??

Tons of other geeky antics and train wrecks, as per usual.

Matt Bradford has also put the Canadian bacon debate to bed. This is his official statement, and I am paraphrasing:

Is that even ours? I don’t think so.. It’s an abomination. Canadian bacon is ham, NOT bacon.

“Moto”, you are a man above all men. We love having you on the show and hope to have you join our geeky antics more. Now, we need more G33k Grrlz and a little less Mancrushes.. It’s starting to be a sausage fest over on HorsePLAY! LIVE.. Where’s the bacon??

We got a great response from HorsePLAY! EP10 so we are going to continue our unofficial Zombie Talk Series for at least an episode or two more. So far, we have barely scraped the surface wounds so will switch the format up a bit to jump straight into the zombie herd. For tonight’s show, HorsePLAY! LIVE EP11 “Night of the Zombie Geeks”, we will team up with Zombie Cast for a total of five hosts. The focus will be on The Walking Dead but we will try to delve into games, podcasts, books, movies, etc.

NEW! Did you miss HorsePLAY! EP10? No worries – here is the HD video, just for you! We’ll be adding more videos and show highlights so let us know how we’re doing and what you’d like to see more of!

So far in Season 4.5 of The Walking Dead, Episodes 9 through 11, we have seen a rather slow build-up. It looks like the show is still committed to fan fare for followers of the comics yet the introduction of Terminus is taking the story into a whole new direction. We have a lot of speculations and predictions on this aspect of the story arc alone.

Here are some topics we will tackle, straight from our HorsePLAY! LIVE show notes:

Has Daryl gone derp like Rick?

Wait, Beth is the hopeful one and now Daryl seems to be giving up? Get it together, Daryl!

Babies in the zombie apocalypse: hope or nuisance?

Lizzie must be related to The Governor – she’s CRAZY!

Will Tara go straight?

What if Tyreese finds out about what Carol did?

Did any of the Season 4.5 scenes lack tension? Maggie searching for Glenn on the bus, for example.

Will Glen be overwhelmed by guilt and give up?

WTF? Bulletproof Maggie!

Wait a minute.. Are Daryl and Beth going the wrong way on the tracks??! That’s not Terminus!

An upcoming Daryl-only episode makes us think someone will die. Will they be bold and kill Daryl or just dump Beth?

Spin-off TWD show coming 2015 alongside Season 5. Any thoughts or additional info?

With the TWD spin-off show set for a 2015 release, how long will this current crew of survivors keep us hooked? The general consensus by Shawn Freeman and Matt Bradford of Zombie Cast in EP10 was that they have one or two strong seasons left, yet there is a world of things they can still do in this universe.. without the spin-off(s). We are concerned yet hopeful!

There’s lots to say here but I will save it for the show. I will say this: TWD EP9 and 11 were rather slow but they are definitely building up to something big. I think they might redeem what has otherwise been a stale season towards the end. The key is to keep introducing and building up key characters so we can get invested in the experience once again.

I am curious if Robert Kirkman will be bold enough to kill off Daryl. He’s clearly a fan favorite and what will all the teeny bopper girls do if the stud is gone?? Regardless of how many badasses they assemble, I would say TWD’s strengths reside in the human elements so they should rely less on the zombie battles. Of course, we love the epic takedowns but it’ll be better if they space it out and make us anticipate those moments more.

What do you guys think about Season 4.5 of The Walking Dead this far? Let us know in the comments section below!

Come join us on HorsePLAY! LIVE tonight and every Thursday night at 11pm EST. We may be rescheduling in a month or so to better accomodate our guests but, for now, we are the Interweb’s midnight crew for all things geeky. Party with us!

HorsePLAY! is coming back after a one-week hiatus. Well, maybe we can’t call it a hiatus as it wasn’t like we went on sabbatical or just got lazy. Obi was under the weather and we’ve been getting hit by power outages here in Georgia so I could not make it. Heck, we had another blackout last night so hopefully things will settle down in time for our first double-digit episode!

For HorsePLAY! EP 10, we’ll be joined by some of the folks over at Zombie Cast and, if we can nail him down (see what I did there?), Tony Rey of We’re Alive (and other fame). Eli Sodoom from Knuckleballer Radio may also join us if he can stay awake. This will be a special episode where we’ll discuss all things zombies but I am sure we will touch upon the infected and undead monsters that purists would never call a z-word. This will likely be a two-part upload to make up for our week off, too!

Here is a little taste of what we’ll likely discuss…

The Walking Dead Episodes 9 & 10

If you ask me, there was quite a huge contrast between Episode 9 and 10 of the Walking Dead Season 4, particularly with the pacing. We’ll talk about the wow moments, disappointments, and more predictions. It’ll be fun to see the different perspectives, especially since Obi has not caught up on the show yet. Beware – there will be spoilers!

Be sure to tweet us with any topics you’d like us to touch upon. We’re @Yogizilla and @ObioneX2, guys. I think we may even go back into previous seasons with some recaps and foreshadowing. Have you noticed any clues or omens on TWD? Do share!

Is Evil Dead A Zombie Movie?

With a title like Evil Dead, one would think the franchise is about zombies but that’s a debate that could go either way. Certainly, there are undead creatures but are these zombies? This discussion will almost certainly lead to our definitions of what zombies are, as well as distinctions between infected, behemoths, and the non-shambling runners.

Bring your boomstick and prepare to defend your fanboy position. Regardless of whether you feel Evil Dead is a zombie flick or not, it is one of the best horror flicks ever made. Campy humor, Bruce Campbell, and gore.. Classic horror right there!

Game Developers LOVE Zombies

Dead Pixels and Day-Z are two examples of video games that embrace zombies. Video games seem to be chock-full of them, whether they’re the focus of the title or a small part. Plants Vs. Zombies, SolForge, Guardian Heroes, Left 4 Dead, Dead Island, Borderlands.. Zombies are invading all video games, big and small!

Is it me or do indie developers seem particularly drawn to zombies? When will ninjas and vampires make a comeback? Pirates have already started to but zombies seem to be the dominating force…

Anyway, Dead Pixels. Super fun game that is reminiscent of River City Ransom. It has co-op and tons of upgrades. Give it a try and let us know what your longest run was like.

The Walking Dead Season 4.5 (the second half of Season 4, if you prefer) is upon us so I figured I would jump on the bandwagon and finally catch up on the show. After a marathon session of over 20 episodes of about three to five hours of viewing fun at a time, I have now joined the rest of the world.

I love what they’ve done so far. *SPOILERS!!* I’m glad Shane and The Governor are both dead. Talk about epic pricks. These guys were such narcissists and people did not seem to catch on. Sooooo frustrating that all the deaths and drama could have been avoided.

After watching so many episodes consecutively, it’s hard to see what they will do next. I see some parallels between the TWD show and We’re Alive podcast. I hope they borrow some ideas from there. Let’s see some hardcore baddies and none of this borderline stuff. I want Borderlands-style psychopath bandits. The problem with The Governor is that it was easy to feel sorry for him. Some feel that he was a necessary evil. They humanized him too much, even after what he did to Maggie.. That bastard!

But I digress… Let’s talk about Andrea. She was the SUPREME DERP. I wanted to like Andrea, I really did. I understood her despair, I’ve been there, but she was just too much of a derp.

Of course, the writers are to blame here but still.. Andrea went from wanting to kill herself to wanting to prove herself. In all her stupidity and over-zealousness she almost snipes Daryl. She was volatile as hell and, just when you think she can’t get dumber, she hooks up with Shane.. and eventually The Governor. YUCK. Listen, there were plenty of guys to choose from. Be a hornball all you want but at least stay away from the scumbags!

I suppose for all the flaws with the creative direction and plot holes, I can’t complain. The fact that the show got me so fired up and emotionally-attached again proves that they’re doing something right. It all comes down to the characters right now, and the cast is dwindling down.

I really dig the dynamics between Maggie and Glenn. I’m really sad to see Hersh go but I guess he had a good run. Carl is less annoying and more mature now so that’s good. Daryl still kicks ass. Rick is broken. Carol has gone rogue. Everyone else seems expendable or forgettable. Mark my words: Bob (the drunk black guy and Army medic) is going to be an issue for our beloved survivors.

The bar has been set high. For this show to continue to thrive, Rick needs to get it together and re-unite his camp. Something worse than The Governor and the recent outbreak is coming. They need to be ready. What lies ahead?…

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